The Offering [LIVE]

Mary Youngblood

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 30, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Silver Wave
• ASIN: B000009PRC
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #119,190 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
With a natural talent reminiscent of R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Youngblood spins a wondrous ancient music from her cedar, redwood, and birch flutes on The Offering. This special album was recorded in the heart of Moaning Cavern in California, and the result is a collection of beautiful, ethereal dreams rich with melancholy colors and diverse wooden tones. The composition "Echoes" sings with its chamber dual flute as if Youngblood is playing a duet with herself, droning and fluttering against the moist cavern walls. In several tunes an occasional cadence from water hitting the cave floor is heard, and this spontaneous, subterranean interaction enhances the earthy purity of the music. This was Youngblood's debut, a masterful work full of tradition and spiritual grace, topped only by Youngblood herself on the folksy follow-up, Heart of the World. --Karen K. Hugg

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music from another world we've all forgotten......., June 2, 1999

By	[e-mail] (San Clemente, Calif.) - See all my reviews

This artist and her CD,The Offering, is the very best of the Native American music I have in my collection....many being of Carlos Nakai. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys music so relaxing you are almost in a trance, in another state of mind. During reading or during Yoga, or just background music for a quiet dinner this is a must! It can take you far beyond into another world.................

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Liquid Poetry, November 22, 2001

By A Customer

If Mary Youngblood is not the finest Native American flute player on earth, I don't know who is. Her sense of melody and phrasing are just beyond compare. This album is the Native American Flute at it's best!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best listenting music during a massage........, June 2, 1999

By A Customer

I have many Native American flute music CD's and this surpasses them all. I recently picked it up on my travels to Vancouver Island at a Native American Indian store. I brought it back as a gift to a friend who is a massage therapist. She claims also that this soothing, mind-relaxing music is the best she can offer her clients. I have just ordered another for myself and I highly recommend it to all of you who need to 'slow down' and relax. Great music to read by and great for Yoga!